JSF Properties - Using Properties files in JSF

In this section you will learn how to use properties
file in JSF applications to display the message from message source files. We
will use the application developed in the last section and modify the
application to use properties files.

We will modify the jsp files and add a new
message.properties file to the project. Here are the steps to use the properties
file in the JSF project.

Create Message Resource file

Create "messages.properties" and save it in
"WEB-INF\src\java\net\roseindia" directory. Add the following
content to the file:title=Enter your name page
welcome=Welcome
header=JSF 1.2 Tutorials
your_name=Enter Your Name:
button_text_ok=OK
Welcome=Welcome
jsf_world= to JSF 1.2 World!Above file defines the various properties to be
used in the forms.

JSF Modification

Modify the code of "inputname.jsp"
file to use the message resource bundle. Here is code of final file:

The code <f:loadBundle basename="net.roseindia.messages" var="msg"/>
loads the messages from messages.properties.

The <f:loadBundle /> tag is used to load
the recourse bundle and store it as a map in the request scope. This allows you
to access the message in your JSF. There are two attributes for this tag "basename"
and "var". "basename" is the base name where the bundle is
present and "var" represents the name by which the we will refer this
bundle in our jsf page.

Now modify the code of "welcome.jsp"
file. The final code is as follows: